#9ECC4E#9ECC4E

#9ECC4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.162 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC4E
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -34.18, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 65.84, 121.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0971 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.162 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0686, 51.0043, 15.0981)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC4E #7C4ECC

analogous

#CCBB4E #9ECC4E #5FCC4E

triadic

#9ECC4E #4E9ECC #CC4E9E

tetradic

#9ECC4E #4ECCBB #7C4ECC #CC4E5F

square

#9ECC4E #4ECCBB #7C4ECC #CC4E5F

split-complementary

#9ECC4E #4E5FCC #BB4ECC

monochromatic

#5C7C24 #7FAB31 #9ECC4E #B8DA7E #D2E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9ECC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC4E

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC4E	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.162 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb85',
    500: '#9ecc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc4e;
$custom-light: #bedb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.905,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78729,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC4E

secondary

#553A84

accent

#49DF80

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC4E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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